Karoline Leavitt cut off Kaitlan Collins on Thursday as the she pressed Mike Waltz on Donald Trump saying Ukraine "started" a war with Russia.

When pressed by CNN’s Kaitlan Collins over President Trump calling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a ‘dictator,’ Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) says Zelensky should stop criticizing Trump, the only person capable of bringing peace to Ukraine.

Karoline Leavitt cut off Kaitlan Collins on Thursday as the she pressed Mike Waltz on Donald Trump saying Ukraine "started" a war with Russia.

The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman on Wednesday explained to CNN ’s Kaitlan Collins why Donald Trump ’s ramping up of his anti-Ukraine rhetoric this week shouldn’t actually come as a surprise. The president in recent days has falsely claimed that Ukraine is to blame for its invasion by Russia in February 2022 and slammed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a “dictator.

Former national security adviser John Bolton said Monday that President Donald Trump’s latest comments on the Russia-Ukraine war show his brain is going to “mush.” CNN’s Kaitlan Collins asked Bolton about Trump’s refusal to call Russian leader Vladimir Putin a “dictator” during joint comments with French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) blamed “paid protesters” that he says were funded by Democrats for showing up at GOP town halls to voice their concerns.

President Donald Trump blasted CNN during his Thursday afternoon Oval Office briefing while fielding a question about Russia’s war on Ukraine from network anchor Kaitlan Collins. As Collins pressed Trump about his trust that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to end the three-year war,

I know [Biden is] a friend of yours,” the president fired off. “He’s a friend of CNN. That’s why nobody watches CNN anymore. Because they have no credibility.”

The two White House correspondents also addressed why GOP politicians are turning a blind eye to the president’s pro-Kremlin rhetoric.

Trump sparked global backlash last week after he called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “dictator” while refusing to label Putin as one. Putin signed a law in 2020 allowing himself to stay in power until 2036, a move that many described as allowing himself to be “president for life.”

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt cut off Kaitlan Collins on Thursday as the CNN reporter pressed National Security Advisor Mike Waltz on President Donald Trump saying Ukraine ...

Haberman, also a CNN analyst, joined host Kaitlan Collins on Wednesday for “The ... when Russia invaded Ukraine. The president campaigned on ending the war and maintained his position in office ...